williams professor of american history at lsu and author of a best-selling book quite trashed, nancy isenberg. welcome both of you. i'm so excited to have you with us and we are all looking forward to hearing from you. >> thank you so much. good to be with you. and it's good to be talking with you nancy. >> so let's get into it.

thank you from 202-748-8903 spencer mcbride into nancy isenberg. it's been a delight to hear you.hank you drive one who joined us this evening. it's a thrill to be coming to you from the actual store here in los angeles, its oldest independent bookstore, chevalier's books. i will put the link to the book one more time into the chat, and did you see a couple of the questions have come in, and i will pass on this comment to you, doctor eisenberger one of our audience the merced i read your book about ehrenberg. the partisanship of memories. clearly were not the only ones who thought you two would be great in conversation together. thank you all again. this video will be available on our youtube channel in a couple of days, and again you can order signed copies of the book through us. thank you all. have a great night. they note. >> weekends on c-span2 are an intellectual feast. every saturday american history tv documents america's stories and on sundays booktv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. funding for c-span2 comes from these television companies and more i

williams professor of american history at lsu and the author of the best-selling book white trash, nancy isenberg. welcome both of you. i'm so excited to have you with us and looking forward to hearing from you. spare thank you so much. it's good to be with you. and it's good to be talking with you nancy. >> so let's get into it. your book looks at the early years of the mormons more specifically missouri and illinois and justin smith's presidential run in 1884. what i found most fascinating about your interpretation of justice smith and the mormon community is how do they face the toolbox of democracy what i mean by toolboxes all the legal strategies for pleading their case. joseph smith went to the white house and spoke directly with president martin van buren. he was unimpressed and dismissed him short and fast. clearly smith was on an press by the president and congress and he wasn't alone. let's discuss his that visit address the larger issue of how did the mormons view the role of the federal government and state power. >> absolutely. as i immerse myself in the surviving documents section i

williams professor of american history at lsu and author of a best-selling book quite trashed, nancy isenberg. welcome both of you. i'm so excited to have you with us and we are all looking forward to hearing from you. >> thank you so much. good to be with you. and it's good to be talking with you nancy. >> so let's get into it. your book looks at the early years of the mormon in illinois and joseph smith. what i found most fascinating about your interpretation of genesis smith and the mormon committee is how they embraced -- democracy all the legal and political strategies. joseph smith went to the white house and spoke directly with president martin van buren. he was unimpressed and dismissed smith short and fast. he would address the larger issue of exactly how smith viewed the role of the federal government and state power. >> absolutely. as i have immersed myself in the surviving documents it became clear to me that joseph smith was in the political man. he was a man who aspired to be in political leadership and the common line of politician as i'm not a politician. i think it's really t

williams professor of american history at lsu and the author of the best-selling book white trash, nancy isenberg. welcome both of you. i'm so excited to have you

williams professor of american history at lsu and author of the best selling book, "white trash," nancy isenberg. welcome, both of you. i'm so excited to have you with us, and we're all looking forward to hearing from you. ..